Suffering is perpetuated by fixating on suffering. The mental health industrial complex is creating more suffering A revolution is coming

There is no such thing as the “neurotypical.” Literally 85% of the global population is not typically the same. 'Typicality' vs 'divergence' is a false binary; as simplistic and as crude as the splitting of people into good/bad or civilised/uncivilised. We must do better.

I wish I had said this. Thank you.

I'm sick of seeing defenders of contemporary psychiatric practice sticking its thoughtful critics with the label "Antipsychiatry"--equating us with a rather wacky movement in the Sixties, and the even wackier Church of Scientology. Defenders of the psychiatric faith love to

Science is NOT evaluating the efficacy of technological remedies. It is THE STUDY OF NATURE. (Look it up!) That's how foolish modern psychiatry is. We think that studying the efficacy of our technological toys is comparable to UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR ORGAN SYSTEM WORKS. It isn't.

It's wonderful to find these fellow travelers!

Amen to this.

This conforms to my view of ADHD as well. Succeeding in modern life makes peculiar demands on us human beings. I believe that what we call ADHD is a natural variant. In a native environment, being distractible would be an asset--being alert to peripheral noises would make us

Some psychiatrists here on Twitter have no idea at all what I am advocating. I absolutely love my job. That's why I'm dedicated to improving it. My chief complaints can be boiled down to this: The brain-mind is so much more mysterious and complex than my profession

This is the Preface of my book in progress: I entered the practice of psychiatry for the best of all possible reasons–because I love working with psychiatric patients. I generally hate watching reality shows on television, because they tend to be garish and exploitative. But it

For the past decades, psychiatry has been part of the corporatization of American society. The common good, individual rights, and dignity have become subject to corporate interests. This attitude has been corrupting a psychiatrist's ethos, clinical care, and academic research.

Part 4 of series on neurodiversity suggests 'differently wired brains is the new chemical imbalance' and unpicks the consequences of the conflation of 'disorder' and 'identity' madintheuk.com/2024/08/part-4…

Good Lord, when psychiatrists started making up diagnoses, I bet they never imagined how enthusiastically the public would embrace them! Who knew pseudoscience would be so infectious?

And it will only get worse. Oops, I mean better. Pass the popcorn!

Psychiatry claims to have a thorough understanding of brain function--but has NO credible explanation for the phenomena of memory or thought! When pressed they fall back on "neuroplasticity," a hypothesis proposed 75 years ago by neuropsychologist Donald Hebb. It certainly

Amen.

"Psychiatric labels don't correspond to known biological pathologies that treatments can then target & ‘cure’. They're rather socially constructed labels ascribed to collections of feelings & behaviours deemed disordered by the psychiatric committees compiling DSM." #Sedated

"The very things most likely to bring good mental health outcomes – enduring & facilitating relationships that increase understanding, hope and expectation for recovery – are often the very things most lacking in the services charged with our mental health care." #Sedated

Even if I did think that women shouldn't be allowed to vote, I damn sure wouldn't share that belief when I was running for office in an election in which women CAN vote! MAGA brilliance in action. To quote Bugs Bunny: What a maroon! rawstory.com/mark-robinson-…